Do you all remember the bizarre campaign of stalking undertaken by former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell, against the gay student body president at the University of Michigan? For his obsessive ways and generally unhinged way of handling himself in public, Andrew Shirvell was removed from his job as a public official. The student in question, Chris Armstrong, is suing Shirvell, so of course Andrew Shirvell has decided to embarrass himself some more:

Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan Assistant Attorney General who was booted for harassing the student body president of the University of Michigan, Chris Armstrong, for being gay, is arguing that Armstrong’s “course of conduct” and lawsuit against him are “politically motivated and intended to make an example out of [Shirvell] in order to deter others from criticizing [Armstrong]’s homosexual activist agenda.”

Armstrong filed a lawsuit in April asking for more than $25,000 in damages for “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, abuse of process, invasion of privacy, and stalking,” after Shirvell wrote a series of blog posts that attacked Armstrong for being gay. Among other things, Shirvell repeatedly described him as “a radical homosexual activist,” and photoshopped a picture of Armstrong next to a rainbow flag with a swastika in the middle. Shirvell would also show up at school events and parties to picket, based on information gleaned from Armstrong’s Facebook activities.

On Friday, Shirvell, who is representing himself…

Haha, we’ll just stop right there, because that’s a funny line to stop on. Anyway, Shirvell has filed a bunch of frivolous counter claims, and we’re sure that will go quite well for him.

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Reed BoyerMay 12, 2011 at 1:50 pm -

Shirvell’s a whinging vomitous idiot.

Gary (NJ)May 12, 2011 at 2:07 pm -

No one should represent themselves in court, even a lawyer, and especially one who obviously has psychiatric issues. But this is a good thing, because it will really bring out his craziness instead of having it glossed over and hidden if he had a good *sane* attorney speaking for him.

AlonzoMay 12, 2011 at 3:01 pm -

I so dislike it when gay people accuse people like Andrew Shirvell of being closet cases without any proof to back such a claim up. So it really pains me to lose sight of my own conviction when I say I serious believe that Mr. Shirvell may in fact be a closet case.

One has to feel very sad and fearful for America simply because shamelessness is totally rampant now. It is the “way to be”. None of these losers feels the least bit of remorse or embarrassment over his actions. None, especially political hacks or one sort or another, will hang his head in shame for making himself a public embarrassment and just walk (or crawl) away and disappear.
Nope! He has to make an even bigger spectacle of himself by wasting taxpayer money on this deplorable crusade against a gay man. Frankly, I hope the judge ultimately fines him big time for doing just that. Yes, let him have a jury trial. This creep doesn’t care how sad he looks. And, yes, my money is on the almost certain fact that he is a closet fag of the worst sort.

Richard RushMay 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm -

I’m viewing this lawsuit as a means for Shirvell to continue his “relationship” with Chris Armstrong. I have little doubt that Shirvell, although he’s in deep repression, is homosexually obsessed with Armstrong. And it seems that, by representing himself in a counter-suit, Shirvell increases the likelihood of interaction with Armstrong, the object of his obsession. I presume Shirvell would be personally questioning Armstrong on the witness stand.

It has always seemed that Shirvell’s focus has been mostly on Armstrong, with the “homosexual agenda” in a secondary role. If he were really obsessed with countering the “agenda,” why would he focus ALL his attention on just one person – the handsome Chris Armstrong. Does Shirvell have any history of fighting the “agenda” prior to focusing on Armstrong?

All of this seems like a guilt-free way for Shirvell to have a “relationship” with Armstrong without having to face the sexual roots of his obsession.

Am I way off base, or missing something?

Ben In OaklandMay 13, 2011 at 5:20 pm -

Thnik of the AA model, richard. you’re an alcoholic forever, and thus must go to meetings forever. so your life is still all about alcohol, innit?

daveMay 15, 2011 at 10:01 am -

This actually isn’t funny and will wind up costing Chris Armstrong any chance at justice. Since the sleeze back is defending himself and acting as his own lawyer in the lawsuit he has pretty much no costs while Armstrong has all the usual costs of a lawsuit. I hope sanctions attach to Shirvell.

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